SANTA BARBARA STAKES QUOTES

SANTA BARBARA STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES

EMISAEL JARAMILLO, HEY JESSIE, WINNER: “McCarthy told me after I worked the horse in the morning, ‘Emisael, maybe in this race go early. There is no pace. No speed.’ I decided at the five-furlong pole to go after the leader.”

TRAINER QUOTES

SEAN MCCARTHY, HEY JESSIE WINNER: “Emisael Jaramillo did a fantastic job. Left there nicely and got into a nice rhythm. Probably the move of the race was at the five and a half when he decided that, hey she’s walking, and the favorite is up there cruising too slow. He eased up there. He didn’t gas her up there. She kind of took him there. I know, Kim my wife was saying, ‘Oh no don’t move.’ And I said, ‘Oh hon, it’s okay. She’s blowing him up there, she’s doing it on her own.’ So I was really happy to see that. It was dogfight from the quarter pole home, and I didn’t know if we would be able to do it or not. But she just dug in and showed all the heart she has and got the job done.”

200TH CAREER WIN: “I’m happy about it. We have always been a small outfit, carried 12 to 16 horses. So to knock out 200 we are doing it the hard way. It happened and we are really appreciative of it, especially here at Santa Anita.”

NOTES: The winning owner/breeder is Sayjay Racing, LLC.